M&A in telecommunications: a story of ups and downs

In 2023, we have seen an uptick in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity across many industries, with telecommunications being a key example. There have been several major business transactions announced

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Nokia launches multi-gig broadband access node for smaller communities

Espoo, Finland. 17 April 2023 – Nokia has announced the launch of its second ‘pizza-box’ form optical line terminal (OLT). The new Quillion-powered Lightspan DF-32GM extends Nokia’s OLT portfolio for

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Nokia, Telefonica test 25G PON technology in Spain

Espoo, Finland – Nokia has announced that Telefonica Spain has trialed 25G PON technology. The trial is in the Spain to demonstrate symmetric speeds of 20 Gbps, have showed that

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Deutsche Telekom sets even faster pace for fibre rollout

In the coming year, Deutsche Telekom plans to significantly increase the pace of its fibre rollout. 2.5 to 3 million connections are to be added in 2023, significantly more than

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We need more than gigabit FTTH to connect the world

Today’s broadband industry is a blazing race towards fibre connectivity. But it will take more than gigabit to close the digital divide, says Albert Farag, vice president of Europe and

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Huawei actively promotes F5G evolution to reshape industry productivity

Paris, France – At HUAWEI CONNECT 2022 Paris, Marco Giraldo, senior architect of Huawei’s West European enterprise optical domain, delivered a keynote speech entitled “F5G evolution, reshaping industry productivity” in which

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Vodafone, Altice partner to deploy FTTH in Germany, connecting up to 7 million homes

Vodafone Group Plc (“Vodafone”) and Altice (“Altice”) announce they are creating a joint venture (“FibreCo”) to deploy fibre-to-the-home (“FTTH”) to up to 7 million homes over a 6-year period.

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NHEC and Conexon expand partnership to deliver FTTH service across the cooperative’s territory

Kansas City, United States – Rural fibre-optic network design and construction management provider, Conexon, and New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) are expanding their partnership to bring fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) service across the

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Price increases in the face of industrial relations troubles

There’s some potentially good news on service prices for telcos, as others face problems on the industrial relations front. Business technology journalist, Antony Savvas looks at developments.

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Liberty Global, Telefonica and InfraVia form joint venture to build a new fibre network in the UK

Denver, Colorado & Madrid, Spain & Paris, France. 29 July 2022 – Liberty Global plc and Telefonica Infra, S.L.U, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telefonica, S.A., together with InfraVia Capital

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